I tend to agree with some of your arguments. However, this is not the best solution. Multiple workspaces with dozens of various windows allow to open a lot of different information separately, which is good from the information filtering point of view, but bother a lot when you try to figure out where you are. This is a complex problem for all the UI designers. The OTI guys have done a nice job accumulating best practices alltogether. We will try to come up with a concept simplifying this. As we have some thoughts open for discussions we'll let you know.
Best regards, Eugene Belyaev IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com "Develop with pleasure" > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Shane Petroff > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-list] 2.5 usability: Editor tab LRU > > > Chris Merrill wrote: > > > This doesn't necessarily fix the problem, but you can increase the > > max# tabs in Tools->Options->Editor. > > I've recently started playing with the Eclipse JDT, their > concept of perspectives and workspaces is pretty neat. At the > moment, I'm using them much like the old multiple desktops in > HP-UX. At any given time, you can have numerous workspaces > open - each having a series of opened files associated with > it (perspectives are essentially a type system for > workspaces). This allows one to group open files in whatever > arrangement makes sense, then flip between workspaces / > perspectives. Typically I'll have one workspace with a Debug > perspective opened, a couple of workspaces with the Help > perspective opened and a half dozen workspaces with the Java > perspective opened. If you like having lots of files opened, > this is a cool approach. > > -- > Shane > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
